Though Nader brought a federal lawsuit against the CPD, the court ultimately ruled that "third party challengers had failed to provide evidence that the CPD is controlled by the DNC or the RNC" and the CPD provided sufficient rationale for barring 3 rd party candidates from entering the debates.
That incredibly myopic court decision has allowed the CPD 15% support rules to remain in place all but guaranteeing the duopoly of a two party system precluding any serious challenge from a third party.
With only the two major parties represented in these debates they become nothing more than choreographed charades and their candidates the only ones having a legitimate chance of winning in November.
When one considers the ultimate policy decisions of the two major parties are essentially the same with their candidates campaigns funded by individual and corporate largesse who then control the political agenda to enact the laws, regulations, oversight and enforcement to their benefit, we continue to have a closed fixed system and made all the more insular by precluding any 3 rd party participation in the debates.
The current presidential debate structure and control by the major political parties is a travesty of injustice and needs to be scrapped. The American people need to become better informed on the manipulated practices of the CPD and demand a presidential debate structure that allows participation by 3 rd party candidates.
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